Rice & Beans, Goals & Superbowl

Now that its February, some of the goals you set for the New Year may be slipping out of your mind. I think today is a great day to revisit your goals and either celebrate yourself (if you’re achieving them or working towards achieving them), adjust them (if you’ve found them to be unattainable) or reset yourself (if you’ve let them slip away). One of my main nutrition goals is to focus back in on protein. Since becoming a vegetarian, I’ve let my counts get a little slow. I am now setting a goal of 75 grams per day. I am going to achieve this by incorporating some form of protein into all of my meals and leaning back on my Jay Robb Egg White protein a bit. I will be holding myself accountable by posting my daily protein intake here at the end of each week. What are your goals? Are you meeting them or working towards meeting them?

Second up, I made up an easy recipe of beans & rice with vegetables to eat as part of my dinner later tonight

Ingredients

2 cups cooked brown rice (you could also use quinoa, barley, etc)

1 cup drained beans (or you could use a combination of a few different kinds of beans)

54 comments:

Good for you, that's an ambitious but wonderful goal. I don't know how many grams of protein I consume in a day, but it's super smart to have a number goal.

We're headed to the house of Ray's friend Dan and his wife Linda; they have started a traditional Super Bowl to-do at their house. It's about a 80 minute drive :-( and I need to bring one or two food contributions, they'll need to be car-ready. I think I'm going to try the black bean brownies for one!

hey girl! my workouts were amiss duing the move, but I'm slowly back on track and feeling better. amazing what working out does for the mood. so glad I was only away from working out for 5 days.that egg white protein was so sweet for me. I don't do a lot of sugar and it also tasted so chemically-like. I wanted to like it. I have to stick with the garden of life or eden something, they are spot on.how's the frankster?

Your Super Bowl menu sounds great!! I'm still trying to decide on what dessert to bring to our party... there will be picky, picky eaters there - a nut allergy, and of course has to be GF. So it's not an easy decision, haha! ;)

I love any dish that combines veggies, beans and grains. So easy and packed full of good stuff. I have not tried Jay's egg white protein yet, just the rice. I am pretty sure all his stuff rocks though. Way to get all those workouts in. I would say I am doing average on my goals, which means I need to amp it up! :)

I hope you have a fantastic weekend. I am trying to keep in line w/ workout goals, but definitely working out less than a month ago. Mostly because work life has gotten so hectic. Funnily enough, I am seeing more results though.

Great goals! I have cut back on meat recently and find it hard to get enough protein (my body seems to run best on way more than any calculators say). I think I will have Greek yogurt coming out my ears soon!

you are so stinkin' cute when you teach! i can't stand it. i wish i could come to your class! i dont even like classes but i would totally come to yours :) i bet they rock. great goals! i will miss you while i am out of town~ have a great week! xoxo

My goal was to actually gain weight which is the opposite of most people & it doesn't seem like too hard of a goal, but I have a nonstop metabolism so it's extremely hard to put on weight, but I am up 4 lbs since New Years!!

Sounds like your Super Bowl will be filled with gooooodies. :-) Happy Friday!

Getting enough protein every day as a vegetarian is hard, no matter what anyone says! I eat eggs, yogurt, chicken, fish- I am by no means a vegetarian- but it is still difficult for me to reach my protein goals every day. I have to try super duper hard!!! I love this goal!!!!!!!

wow, thanks for the easy rice+bean recipe! sounds so good and delish! and i looove body pump! that, and body combat are my favorite les mills classes. too bad you're not my teacher, you're adorable. i hope you and your friends have a wonderful superbowl party! i'm jealous of the food you're serving them :P

love that pic of you in action!!!! you look so profresh and intense! GAH I wish I could take your class so bad!!

i just got sent a HUGE load of jay robb samples. lots of eggwhite ones toO! how did you like it?? I havent tried it yet only the brown rice protein that tasted very similar to sun warrior which are both awesome! Jay robb def knows what he is doing!!

I didnt really set any goals, other than to be HAPPY and positive all of the time (or MOST all of teh time!) I try to smile and just be upbeat beacuse well happiness is infectious :)

I know how the subbing is! That seriously is going to be me next week! I really need to start looking at my protein intake as well. Although I'm still eating meat, my diet is slowly switching to vegetarian, and I'm worried that I may not be getting enough protein. For me, I'm stuck in bed all weekend due to illness. Sucks, but at least I'll be ahead in school!

I am working on running more since the past wks I barely got to with the rain and snow we have gotten here. I am doing a 5K in March and really need to get in gear since it will be my first one.

I had a question for you--is there a site or directory that you can see Body Pump classes or sites near you? I am in Charlotte so I would figure they would offer it somewhere here but can't find anything!

hot hot hot! love the beans and rice and veg- i love that meal for myself too- so easy- jeff introduced me to the wonders of rice and beans . grr. we have exchanged emails- no talking for a few weeks now.

Yay for still considering/working toward your goals!! That's so awesome. I've been doing my best at keeping up with my goals, some of them have been put on the back burner, but some of them I keep applying to my day to day life.